Bloomberg Surveillance · Saturday, September 26, 2026
Norway has once again been ranked as the top country for retirement globally, largely due to its oil-powered sovereign wealth fund and strong social safety net. This contrasts with many other countries where retirement systems are under pressure and people worry about depleting funds.
“Norway tops the global retirement index for a second straight year. And a lot of it has to do with the fact that retirement systems are under pressure and people are worried that their country is going to run out of money. But Norway is a oil powerhouse. And it has a massive sovereign wealth fund. There's a lot of wealth in that country.”
“But also key is that it's not a big country. It's a small country. So you can do all those things and not go bankrupt. I mean, you think about Singapore and what they're able to do. It's really hard to replicate that model in a China or in the U.S.”